Genealogy of American Spirits
April 14 Masui, Shitsuyo. (Professor, Sophia University)
Colonies and Christianity.”
April 21 Masui, Shitsuyo. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Puritanism and American Culture.”
April 28
Otsuka, Juro. (Professor, Sophia University)
“‘Manifest Destiny’ and Expansionism.”
May 12 Otsuka, Juro. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Lincoln: The Deified President.”
May 19
Matsuo, Kazuyuki. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Social Dawinism: The Business Ethics.”
May 26
Matsuo, Kazuyuki. (Professor, Sophia University)
“The Progressivism: Happiness under Control.”
June 2
Tanno, Makoto. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Southern Spirits and Traditions 1: Issues of ‘Movement’ and ‘Settlement’ in Country Music.”
June 9 Tanno, Makoto. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Southern Spirits and Traditions 2: Issues of ‘Individualism’ and ‘Loneliness’ in Country Music.”
June 16 Fujita, Hiroshi. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Journalsm 1: Media and America’s Diplomacy.”
June 23
Fujita, Hiroshi. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Journalism 2: Media and the White House.”
June 30
Watanabe, Yasushi. (Institute of American and Canadian Studies)
“‘Righteousness’ of Moving America and its foresight: Counter-Culture; Post-Modernism; and Multiculturalism.”
July 7
Watanabe, Yasushi. (Institute of American and Canadian Studies)
“‘Pain’ and ‘Possibility’ of Contemporary America: through the lives of Boston Families.”
Contemporary Society and Multiculturalism (Jointly held with Sophia University Faculty of Foreign Studies)
October 6 Matsuo, Kazuyuki. (Professor, Sophia University)
“American Multiculturalism-Historical Perspective.”
October 13 Izumi, Kunihisa. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Multiculturalism and Multilingualism and Europe.”
October 20 Togawa, Tsuguo. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Ethnic Issues in former Soviet Union.”
October 27 Mita, Chiyoko. (Professor, Sophia University)
“From Nation-State to Multi-Racial, Multiethnic Nation: Example of Japanese Immigrants to Brazil.”
November 10 Kishikawa, Takeshi. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Possibility of Democracy in Multicultural Society.”
November 17 Akahori, Masayuki. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Moslem and Multiculturalism.”
November 24 Ichinose, Atsushi. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Creole: African Example.”
December 1 Murai, Yoshinori. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Indonesia as a Multicultural Society, and the End of Dictatorial Development.”
December 8 Ishizawa, Yoshiaki. (Professor, Sophia University)
“Multicultural Societies of Southeast Asia: Nature, Villages, and Value System.”
December 15 Panel Discussion by lecturers
